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-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> - compare or print out <EM>terminfo</EM> descriptions
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
- [<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
+ [<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [<STRONG>-B</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>]
[<EM>termname</EM>...]
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> can be used to compare a binary <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry
with other terminfo entries, rewrite a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> descrip-
tion to take advantage of the <STRONG>use=</STRONG> terminfo field, or
fields, followed by the string fields.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></H3><PRE>
If no options are specified and zero or one <EM>termnames</EM> are
specified, the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option will be assumed. If more than
one <EM>termname</EM> is specified, the <STRONG>-d</STRONG> option will be assumed.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> compares the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description of the first
terminal <EM>termname</EM> with each of the descriptions given by
the entries for the other terminal's <EM>termnames</EM>. If a
anything was left out of a description.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-C</STRONG> options will produce a source listing
for each terminal named.
<STRONG>%p2</STRONG> is printed before <STRONG>%p1</STRONG> <STRONG>%r</STRONG> hp
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option produces a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> source description of
the first terminal <EM>termname</EM> which is relative to the sum
of the descriptions given by the entries for the other
ated by different people.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>-0</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
wrapping.
<STRONG>-p</STRONG> Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
- <STRONG>-q</STRONG> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting sub-
- headings, and using "-" for absent capabilities, "@"
- for canceled rather than "NULL".
+ <STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+ print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or
+ base64 form, depending on the option's value:
+
+ 1 hexadecimal
+
+ 2 base64
+
+ 3 hexadecimal and base64
+
+ <STRONG>-q</STRONG> This makes the output a little shorter:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting
+ subheadings, and using "-" for absent capabili-
+ ties, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source
+ listings.
<STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>
- Restrict output to a given subset. This option is
- for use with archaic versions of terminfo like those
- on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support the
- full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and variants
+ Restrict output to a given subset. This option is
+ for use with archaic versions of terminfo like those
+ on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support the
+ full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and variants
such as AIX that have their own extensions incompati-
ble with SVr4/XSI.
Available terminfo subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix",
- "HP", and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for details. You
- can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only
- capabilities with termcap equivalents recognized by
+ "HP", and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for details. You
+ can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only
+ capabilities with termcap equivalents recognized by
4.4BSD.
<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <EM>[d|i|l|c]</EM>
- The <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option sorts the fields within each type
+ The <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option sorts the fields within each type
according to the argument below:
- <STRONG>d</STRONG> leave fields in the order that they are stored
+ <STRONG>d</STRONG> leave fields in the order that they are stored
in the <EM>terminfo</EM> database.
<STRONG>i</STRONG> sort by <EM>terminfo</EM> name.
<STRONG>c</STRONG> sort by the <EM>termcap</EM> name.
If the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option is not given, the fields printed out
- will be sorted alphabetically by the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> name
+ will be sorted alphabetically by the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> name
within each type, except in the case of the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> or the
<STRONG>-L</STRONG> options, which cause the sorting to be done by the
- <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> name or the long C variable name, respec-
+ <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> name or the long C variable name, respec-
tively.
- <STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text.
+ <STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text.
This is mainly useful for testing and analysis, since
the compiled descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for
termcap, 4096 for terminfo).
<STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities.
- Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
+ Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
- <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to not post-process the data after
- parsing the source file. This feature helps when
- comparing the actual contents of two source files,
- since it excludes the inferences that <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes
+ <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to not post-process the data after
+ parsing the source file. This feature helps when
+ comparing the actual contents of two source files,
+ since it excludes the inferences that <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes
to fill in missing data.
<STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
program, and exits.
- <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> prints out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
+ <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> prints out tracing information on standard error as
+ the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
verbosity.
<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which
can be loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
base.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
curses.
The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
- V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
- more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
+ V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
+ more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
<STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>-F</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> should be a <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG> mode.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20150606).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160730).
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
projects / ncurses.git / blobdiff